"WAR STUFF – The Struggle for Human and Environmental" Topic

,,,Resources in the American Civil War

"We all know war is a cruel thing and there is no guarantee that anyone will avoid the misery of it once the juggernaut starts to run away with itself. I borrowed a quote from Machiavelli in my last book review – that bit of wisdom reminding us that starting a war can be easy but ending it is another thing altogether.

War Stuff by Joan E. Cashin confirms all of this by taking us back to the American Civil War to look at how the conflict impacted much of the Southern civilian population, at a time when what she terms the struggle for human and environmental resources was fierce.

The author builds a detailed picture of Southern society with its norms and peculiarities, and how that set a tone for the first years of the war until the conflict began to grind every facet of normal life down. Explaining the politics and class structure of the South is very important, because it is vital we understand the relationships among the different classes and the social etiquette that was a valued construct among them all…."
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